Covid Q 2: Are you already using covid time as a before-during-after marker in your remembered timeline?

Not exactly. I’m just trying to take one day at a time.

Yes. I’ve been calling it The before times. Or BC.

What a wit I am…

Oh, yes. It’s like a really complex punctuation mark.

Yes, I am. It’s a way of remembering when things happened.

Yep. I’ve found myself saying things like “that was before the pandemic” or “that was when things were normal, of course”. I’ve even used “antepestilentian” (“before the plague”).

Sort of, yes, except I don’t think we’ve reached “after” yet.

Yes. Pre-pandemic, we used to shop this way, travel this way, work this way, expect stores to be stocked this way, have holiday stuff in stores for this amount of time, be able to go shopping post-holiday and expect this amount of stuff for clearance prices, etc.

@Jeruba Yes. Marking the time I last had a haircut until last week! I moved to a new community three months ago. I can’t tell you how many compliments I have had on mmy “new look”! It’s been a very uplifting experience for me.

I got a haircut yesterday, for the first time since June 2020 when everything opened back up here in NYS. The haircut was long overdue. My hairdresser’s prices went from 75 for a cut to 110, so I used the colorist at the same location, whose price was 60 and more my speed.

Yes. Of course. I mark them by moments: sometimes through pictures and videos. :)

One thing which is definitely an improvement is that it used to be where when you went to Motor Vehicles for any reason, it was a tossup whether it would be 20 minutes or three hours. Now, you can’t walk in the door unless you make an appointment, and in that case you are only on line for ten to fifteen minutes and you’re pretty much out the door within a half hour, guaranteed.